Yeah, I know the last two were probably way too long.
This one is mercifully short and lysergic:
Monday, October 29, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Bobby's all right. He's a natural-born poet. He's just out-of-sight.
I know it's utterly predictable, and therefore lame, but what would a good Halloween soundtrack be without Bauhaus doing "Bela Lugosi's Dead"?
Before we get to it, however, here's a vid I saw 20-some odd years ago and have longed to see since. Through the magic of youtube, here's Bauhaus's amazing take on the T. Rex classic, "Telegram Sam":
OK, let's compare and contrast that with the original:
With that, we're kind of veering away from Halloween music, so let's get back on track with T. Rex doing "Jeepster." What? Yes, of course, it's Halloween music! Listen to the very last line -- "Girl, I'm just a vampire for your love -- and I'm gonna to suck you!" Not to mention that part about your vibrations burning off my feet...
Whew. On to the main event -- Bela Lugosi's Dead. Remember the opening scene in The Hunger? If I ever made eye contact with Catherine Deneuve from across the bar while she chain smoked and french inhaled like that, you can bet I'd let her rip out my throat and suck the life out of me. Besides, walking the earth Undead for eternity would be infinitely cooler if one got to do it hanging around with Bowie:
And to refresh your memory, here's the first ten minutes of The Hunger:
If you've time, here are a couple of bonus tracks. Oh, to be the cream...
All We Ever Wanted
Kick in the Eye
Before we get to it, however, here's a vid I saw 20-some odd years ago and have longed to see since. Through the magic of youtube, here's Bauhaus's amazing take on the T. Rex classic, "Telegram Sam":
OK, let's compare and contrast that with the original:
With that, we're kind of veering away from Halloween music, so let's get back on track with T. Rex doing "Jeepster." What? Yes, of course, it's Halloween music! Listen to the very last line -- "Girl, I'm just a vampire for your love -- and I'm gonna to suck you!" Not to mention that part about your vibrations burning off my feet...
Whew. On to the main event -- Bela Lugosi's Dead. Remember the opening scene in The Hunger? If I ever made eye contact with Catherine Deneuve from across the bar while she chain smoked and french inhaled like that, you can bet I'd let her rip out my throat and suck the life out of me. Besides, walking the earth Undead for eternity would be infinitely cooler if one got to do it hanging around with Bowie:
And to refresh your memory, here's the first ten minutes of The Hunger:
If you've time, here are a couple of bonus tracks. Oh, to be the cream...
All We Ever Wanted
Kick in the Eye
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Don't go on the patio!
You better beware...
The B-52's are every sci-fi/monster movie you ever watched on a Saturday afternoon; the wild pool party Robbie and Chip threw when they got ahold of some beer and pot while Steve Douglas was on a business trip and Uncle Charlie was out getting his hemorrhoid lanced and Ernie was locked in his bedroom practicing the Mashed Potatoes; finding Jackie O's blood- and brain-spattered dress at a thrift store and then getting drunk and throwing up all over it because your boyfriend is with someone else; getting secret messages from the aliens on the staticy tv in the waiting room at the dog groomers; the twin threats of instant vaporization by atomic bomb and the slow wasting away of AIDS.
They also wrote some of the sexiest and most danceable songs ever.
Some say she's from Mars:
Where ya taking me, Devil?
I don't know...I feel like something's happening:
Lots of trouble:
The B-52's are every sci-fi/monster movie you ever watched on a Saturday afternoon; the wild pool party Robbie and Chip threw when they got ahold of some beer and pot while Steve Douglas was on a business trip and Uncle Charlie was out getting his hemorrhoid lanced and Ernie was locked in his bedroom practicing the Mashed Potatoes; finding Jackie O's blood- and brain-spattered dress at a thrift store and then getting drunk and throwing up all over it because your boyfriend is with someone else; getting secret messages from the aliens on the staticy tv in the waiting room at the dog groomers; the twin threats of instant vaporization by atomic bomb and the slow wasting away of AIDS.
They also wrote some of the sexiest and most danceable songs ever.
Some say she's from Mars:
Where ya taking me, Devil?
I don't know...I feel like something's happening:
Lots of trouble:
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
I cloud nine when I want to
From the Music Scene -- a weekly series on ABC, circa 1969/70. Here's Sly & The Family Stone singing a medley of their hits:
Everyday People
Dance to the Music
Hot Fun in the Summertime
Don't Call Me N*gger, Whitey
I Want to Take You Higher
Check out the girl singing along with "county fair in the country sun" at 3:58 -- woohoo!
Incidentally, I saw the "Family Stone" this summer at a Taste of Minnesota, and they were so hot they nearly burned the place down. Sly wasn't there, but Rose was, and she's still a fox at 60. I had her autograph my shirt.
Everyday People
Dance to the Music
Hot Fun in the Summertime
Don't Call Me N*gger, Whitey
I Want to Take You Higher
Check out the girl singing along with "county fair in the country sun" at 3:58 -- woohoo!
Incidentally, I saw the "Family Stone" this summer at a Taste of Minnesota, and they were so hot they nearly burned the place down. Sly wasn't there, but Rose was, and she's still a fox at 60. I had her autograph my shirt.
Monday, October 01, 2007
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